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Trump’s own ego – inextricably linked to his re-election – was all that mattered, according to Bolton, to the point that he was willing to make what Bolton considered imprudent deals with other countries just to claim a victory.
But neither is responsible for Brazil’s weakened growth foundations, the lack of a development strategy, imprudent “imported” policy ideas, and rigid macroeconomic rules.
On Hume’s view, what other philosophers take to be a conflict between reason and emotion is really a conflict between these “calm passions” and our more violent and often imprudent passions.
The evolution of the accounting profession has been driven by the recognition that imprudent financial management jeopardizes social and economic stability.
But imprudent environmental management poses at least as serious a threat; similar action is needed to establish clear requirements for those carrying out relevant assessments.
Both economies are typified by a strong export-oriented industrial sector, a current-account surplus, similar terms of trade, terrible demographics, and, following years of imprudent lending, zombie-like banks.
The upshot is that taxpayers in creditor countries will once again end up bailing out excessive risk taking and imprudent lending by private actors.
He went downstairs, but had not had time to leave his study before he heard his wife's familiar footsteps following him with imprudent rapidity.
I don't understand how one can be so imprudent!' he reproached his wife in his vexation.
But why? good God!""It is imprudent," murmured the old lady.
He had made him promise to subscribe, when he was imprudent enough to reveal his real aim.
And as to visiting the pit, they could give that up afterwards if the walk was really imprudent.
More calm and less amorous, he decided that it was imprudent in him to go to Madame de Renal in her room.
What is rather amusing is that she thought it imprudent to have Julien's coat made at Verrieres.
He was obliged, nevertheless, obeying Madame de Renal's orders, to attend several dinners of this sort; Julien was the fashion; people forgave him his uniform and the guard of honour, or rather that imprudent display was the true cause of his success.
You are extremely imprudent and indeed stupid, without showing it; however, up to the present your heart is sound and even generous; your intellect is above the average.
You were so imprudent in your behaviour.
This act of boldness, so unconventional, so imprudent in a young girl, might dishonour her in the eyes of M. de Croisenois, of his father, the Duc de Chaulnes, and of the whole house of Chaulnes, who, seeing the projected marriage broken off, would wish to know the reason.
'An imprudent word,' he told himself, 'and I begin once more that long succession of days passed in despair.
'Poor Croisenois,' he said to Mathilde, 'did really behave quite reasonably and honourably towards us; he had every right to hate me after your imprudent behaviour in your mother's drawing-room, and to seek a quarrel with me; for the hatred that follows on contempt is generally furious.'
They both relied so implicitly on the success of Dunwoodie's exertions, that they thought the act, on the part of their relative, extremely imprudent; but it was now too late to mend it.
I expected, as is usually the case among such people, that the servant she sent me would have been some imprudent brazen wench of Drury Lane breeding, and I was very uneasy at having her with me upon that account; so I would not let her lie in that house the first night by any means, but had my eyes about me as narrowly as if she had been a public thief.
'In affording you this interview, the young lady has taken a natural, perhaps, but still a very imprudent step.
The insolvent gentleman, who had contracted a speculative but imprudent passion for horsing long stages, which had led to his present embarrassments, looked extremely well, and was soothing the excitement of his feelings with shrimps and porter.
You will excuse me, gentlemen; I was imprudent.
But by an appeal to her affection for her mother, by representing the inconveniences which that indulgent mother must draw on herself, if (as would probably be the case) she consented to this increase of establishment, Marianne was shortly subdued; and she promised not to tempt her mother to such imprudent kindness by mentioning the offer, and to tell Willoughby when she saw him next, that it must be declined.
CHAPTER 49Unaccountable, however, as the circumstances of his release might appear to the whole family, it was certain that Edward was free; and to what purpose that freedom would be employed was easily pre-determined by all;--for after experiencing the blessings of ONE imprudent engagement, contracted without his mother's consent, as he had already done for more than four years, nothing less could be expected of him in the failure of THAT, than the immediate contraction of another.
"Hold your tongue, imprudent man!
The expression was imprudent; but M. de Treville launched it with knowledge of his cause.
"And you responded to his bidding, you imprudent man?""Well, I can’t say I had much choice of going or not going, for I was taken to him between two guards.
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